sylvatic plague

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sylvatic plague [sil′vad·ik ′plāg]

(veterinary medicine)

Plague occurring in rodents; may be transmitted to humans. Also known as endemic rural plague.

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No references found			Byline: ANI Washington, August 4 (ANI): A new oral vaccine against sylvatic plague is showing significant promise in the laboratory as a way to protect prairie dogs and may eventually protect endangered black-footed ferrets who now get the disease by eating infected prairie dogs. New oral vaccine may help protect prairie dogs and ferrets from plague by Asian News International Prairie dog populations declined as people tried to eradicate them and diseases such as sylvatic plague swept the West. Ferrets gone wild: reintroduced animals coming back in Wyoming by Milius, S. / Science News [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In addition to threats imposed directly by humans, sylvatic plague (the rodent borne form of bubonic plague), was introduced to the West coast in the early 20th century (via shipboard rats) and has since spread through most western states. An opinion: successes and setbacks in black-footed ferret recovery: ... by Lockhart, Mike / Endangered Species Update			Syllabic Versification Syllabic Writing Syllable Syllabotonic Versification syllabub syllabus Syllabus of Errors Syllepsis Syllidae Syllinae Syllogism Syllogistic Sylonidae Sylopidae Sylow subgroup sylph Sylphon Sylt Sylva Sylva, Carmen sylvan Sylvan Lake State Park Sylvaner Sylvania sylvanite sylvatic plague sylvester Sylvester I, Saint Sylvester II Sylvester's theorem Sylvester, James Joseph Sylvestre, Camille Sylvia Sylvicolidae Sylviidae sylvine Sylvinite Sylvis, William Sylvis, William H. Sylvite Sylvius, Franciscus Sylwester Zawadzki SYM sym- sym-dichloroethylene sym-tetrachlorodifluoroethane sym-tetrachloroethane Sym-Trioxane Symantec SYMBAL symballophone			sylvae Sylvain Dornon Sylvain Maréchal Sylvalismis sylvan sylvan sylvan Sylvan Grove Public Library Sylvan Highlands Neighborhood Association Sylvan Lake Sylvan Lake Baha'i Centre Sylvan Lake State Park Sylvaner Sylvania Sylvania Area Family Services, Inc. Sylvania Area Joint Recreation District Sylvania Electronic Village Sylvania Lighting International Sylvania Universal High Level Logic sylvanite sylvanite Sylvanium sylvans Sylvanus Sylvanus sylvas Sylvate sylvatic sylvatic sylvatic sylvatic plague sylvatic rabies sylvatic rabies sylvatic ringworm sylvatic ringworm Sylver Sylverino, Arkansas Sylverino, Arkansas Sylvester Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Sylvester I, Saint Sylvester II Sylvester II Sylvester's theorem Sylvester, James Joseph Sylvestre de Sacy Sylvestre, Camille Sylvestrian Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia (band) Sylvia (band) Sylvia althaea Sylvia atricapilla Sylvia atricapilla Sylvia borin Sylvia communis Sylvia curruca Sylvia Lake State Park Sylvia Lawry Centre for Multiple Sclerosis Research Sylvia minula

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